口蜜腹劍

口蜜腹劍

See also: 口蜜腹剑

Chinese

		mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)	honey	abdomen; stomach; belly	(double-edged) sword
trad. (口蜜腹劍)		口	蜜	腹	劍
simp. (口蜜腹剑)		口	蜜	腹	剑
Literally: “honey from the mouth, a sword from the belly”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒumìfùjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² mat⁶ fuk¹ gim³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǒumìfùjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooumihfuhjiann
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒumìfùjiàn
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² mat⁶ fuk¹ gim³
    • Yale: háu maht fūk gim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² mat⁹ fuk⁷ gim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² med⁶ fug¹ gim³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mɐt̚² fʊk̚⁵ kiːm³³/

Idiom

口蜜腹劍

1. sweet words, but a wicked heart